This is a great start point, I especially like the bartering skills topic! I would add that the husband and wife need to work on projects and chores together, They both need to know how to do everything, you may not be good at it, but you can do it if you need to. You never know when one side of the partnership goes down because illness or injury, the other need to pick up the slack! I have to say that my wife is very good at most tasks on the homestead, I am more efficient at say cutting wood, but she is better at caring for the animals. Stick together and learn from one another!
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Oh hang on husband of a lovely lady on the homestead, Your turn is coming. I will be doing a blog post on the things that the gentlemen of the farm need to learn, like making bread and darning a sock. But your right, learning from each other is the best.
Can't wait! It goes both ways that's for sure, I am a terrible baker except for our natural sour dough bread, got that down pat! muffins and other baked stuff, not so much..... Oh and don;t forget dishes! I hate washing dishes, don't know why, always have, but I do them. Who ever cooks the other washes.... So I do a lot of cooking!
LOL, good for you at mastering the Bread. That my friend is the one thing that I have tried and tried and it just never turns out. I have tried many recipes and bought new yeast but nope. So I am still a work in progress. LOL
In the fall and winter we make a natural sough dough starter using and a loaf is made once a week, it took about ten disasters before I got it right, now we make everything from our starter, including Irish bread, muffins even pancakes! Keep at it, We will do some blog posts in the fall on it, maybe they will halp you get started in the right direction....
I will keep my eye out for that post. Thanks